High Risk Features of an Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery by Dre Eleonore Campiche, Jean-Paul Vallée, David Carballo

“…Herein, we report a case of a 39-year-old patient with left-sided right coronary anomaly with multiple high-risk features who presented with life-threatening symptoms for SCD but normal electrocardiography, echocardiography, and cardiac markers. The coronary computed tomography revealed an anomalous coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva with a hypoplasic origin and a high-risk path between the aorta and the pulmonary artery with a short intramural path. …”
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Prenatally Diagnosed Isolated Coronary Arterial Fistula Leading to Severe Complications at Birth by A. Wacker-Gussmann, T. Esser, S. M. Lobmaier, M. O. Vogt, E. Ostermayer, R. Oberhoffer

“…Prenatal diagnosis of a huge coronary artery fistula between the left coronary artery and the right ventricle was made by Doppler echocardiography at 22 weeks of gestation. Progression of the dilated fistula was monitored throughout pregnancy. …”
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Chronic Hepatitis C with Cyanosis by Mahmood Alawainati, Jawad Khamis, Muneer Abdulla, Saeed Alsaeed

“…The correlation between the clinical picture and investigations raised the possibility of hepatopulmonary syndrome which was confirmed by contrast-enhanced transthoracic echocardiography. Conclusions. High suspicion is required to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome in patients with liver disease and hypoxemia. …”
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Acute Aortic Dissection in Pregnancy in a Woman with Undiagnosed Marfan Syndrome by Mandana Master, Gavin Day

“…Further history revealed that her father had died at the age of 27 of an aortic dissection. Echocardiography showed aortic root dissection with occlusion of aortic branches. …”
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Emergent Management of Intracardiac Thrombosis during Liver Transplantation by Caroline Protin, Dmitri Bezinover, Zakiyah Kadry, Thomas Verbeek

“…We describe a case where routine intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during a live donor liver transplantation enabled early detection of an intracardiac thrombus with subsequent successful heparin treatment. …”
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Right ventricular–pulmonary artery coupling in cardiac resynchronization therapy: evolution and prognosis by Jan Stassen, Xavier Galloo, Kensuke Hirasawa, Surenjav Chimed, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Victoria Delgado, Pieter van derBijl, Jeroen J. Bax

“…The evolution and prognostic values of RV–PA coupling assessed by echocardiography in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) have not been thoroughly investigated. …”
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Hypoxia-Elicited Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Myocardial Infarction by Promoting Angiogenesis through the miR-214/Sufu Pathway by Lianbo Shao, Yihuan Chen, Jingjing Li, Jingfan Chao, Ziying Yang, Yinglong Ding, Han Shen, Yueqiu Chen, Zhenya Shen

“…Tube formation and scratch assays demonstrated that the proangiogenic capability of huMSC-derived sEVs was enhanced by hypoxia pretreatment. Echocardiography and Masson’s staining showed greater improvements in heart function and less ventricular remodeling after MSChyp-sEV transplantation. …”
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Sacubitril/valsartan on right ventricular-pulmonary artery coupling and albumin-bilirubin score in heart failure in Chinese patients with reduced ejection fraction by Yanan Shi, Chuanyu Gao, Yu Xu, Fang Yuan

“…One year after treatment, laboratory test results, ALBI score, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), New York Heart Association classification, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire scores and changes in relevant variables were reevaluated. …”
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Coronary Artery Ectasia Presenting as a Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Young Adult: Case Presentation and Literature Review by Kareem Genena, Mir Ali, Donald Christmas, Henry Siu

“…We report the case of a young male presenting with chest pain, a right bundle branch block on electrocardiography, an elevated troponin level, and a regional wall motion abnormality on echocardiography who is found to have diffuse coronary artery ectasia on coronary angiography and is managed medically with dual antiplatelet therapy.…”
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Emergency Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Patient with Failing Heart: Axillofemoral Bypass Using a Centrifugal Pump Combined with Levosimendan for Inotropic Support by Pavel Michalek, Pavel Sebesta, Michael Stern

“…The patient's hemodynamic status was monitored with continuous cardiac output monitoring and transesophageal echocardiography. No serious circulatory complications were recorded during the perioperative and postoperative periods. …”
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Severe Mitral Regurgitation–Induced Acute Heart Failure due to Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Patient With Urothelial Carcinoma Recurrence by Catarina Santos Reis, Francisco Dias, Bárbara Granja, Maria Inês Matos, Ana Ribeiro, Fernando Friões

“…A vegetation in the mitral valve constituted a finding on echocardiography, causing severe mitral regurgitation, which led to severe acute heart failure and culminated in patient’s death. …”
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Raghib Syndrome Presenting as a Cryptogenic Stroke: Role of Cardiac MRI in Accurate Diagnosis by Vistasp J. Daruwalla, Keyur Parekh, Hassan Tahir, Jeremy D. Collins, James Carr

“…Majority of the cases reported in the literature were found to have the lesion during the postmortem evaluation or were characterized at angiography and/or echocardiography. We stress the importance of modern day imaging like the computed tomography (CT) angiography and cardiac MRI in diagnosis and surgical management of such rare lesions leading to cryptogenic strokes.…”
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Cardiac and Pulmonary Ultrasound for Diagnosing TRALI by J. I. Alonso-Fernández, J. R. Prieto-Recio, C. García-Bernardo, I. García-Saiz, J. Rico-Feijoo, C. Aldecoa

“…Lung ultrasound and echocardiography are diagnostic tools that would provide the differential diagnosis. …”
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A Case of Progressive Stroke on Posterior Circulation with Transient Bilateral Oculomotor Palsy by Chiaki Takahashi

“…Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) showed findings of a patent foramen ovale (PFO). …”
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Unruptured Aneurysm of Sinus of Valsalva Coexisting with the Large Ventricular Septal Defect and Severe Aortic Regurgitation in a Young Man by Pouya Nezafati, Mohammad Hassan Nezafati, Hamid Hoseinikhah

“…Its diagnosis was made on the basis of transthoracic echocardiography results. Surgical management consisted of replacing the SVA with mechanical valve prosthesis. …”
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Adult Presentation of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery with Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation from Flail Posterior Leaflet by Digvijay D Nalawade, Prakyath Shetty, Anirudha Sadgir, Sanket Bari

“…We report a 46-year-old female with no risk factors, who presented with a history suggestive of acute left heart failure of two weeks duration. Echocardiography revealed acute severe mitral regurgitation (MR) with flail posterior mitral leaflet (PML) due to chordae tendinae rupture (CTR) with normal left ventricular function and dimensions. …”
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Emergency Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pericardial Decompression Syndrome by Mohamed Laimoud, Patricia Machado, Andrea Rossi Zadra, Mary Maghirang, Ali Alenazy

“…Emergent veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) was applied. Echocardiography revealed severe right ventricle failure. …”
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Pregnancy Complicated with Severe Recurrent Aortic Coarctation: A Case Report by Celal Yavuz, Hatice Ender Soydinc, Güven Tekbaş, Oguz Karahan

“…On physical examination the blood pressure in upper extremity was 155/95 and in lower extremity was 90/55 mmHg, and heart rate was 93 beats/min. Transthoracic echocardiography showed narrowing of the descending aorta, the diameter of the aortic arch was 10.60 mm and an echocardiographic gradient was 96 mmHg. …”
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Chronic Heart Failure: We Are Fighting the Battle, but Are We Winning the War? by John J. Atherton

“…Registries have identified treatment gaps and variation in the application of evidenced-based practice, including the use of echocardiography and prescribing of disease-modifying drugs. …”
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Bilateral Absence of the Superior Vena Cava by Kaisa Ylänen, Tuija Poutanen, Päivi Savikurki-Heikkilä, Jukka Uotila, Matti Korppi, Anneli Eerola

“…Suspicion of SVC absence should arise in basic echocardiography. Our paper suggests that, like other congenital anomalies, bilateral absent SVC may be associated with a fetal cyctic hygroma.…”
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